Author: Madyson007
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 7:09 pm
I haven’t really posted in a very long time so I thought I would give an update…J is doing really well. He has been clean since January. He took Naltraxone for three months and then decided he was ready to stop. It was much easier than when he stopped taking Suboxone. PAWS symptoms were minimal. I was thinking that maybe Naltraxone occupying as opposed to stimulating those receptors makes it a gentler way to stop. I also wanted to add that J may be one of those crazy lucky ones who survived weaning off Suboxone without serious side effects. He definitely had a serious case of flue like symptoms for 4 or 5 days but almost nothing after that.
J had a job but recently lost it. Looking for another job will be a struggle without a license. He has friends, is paying bills and fines and in general just looking good and feeling normal. My heart stops every time I write something like that. I have tremendous hope for my son…something I haven’t been feeling for a long time. His bad choices have cost him dearly and will effect the rest of his life but he is working hard to dig himself out.
Things are far from perfect but hope and faith are going strong and for that I am very grateful.
If you want the full story you can visit my blog "A Mom’s Serious Blunder" at madyson007.wordpress.com
